Tag: family
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2022 Summer Vacation: Part Five – The French Quarter
Once settled in the Omni Royal Orleans, we wanted to immediately explore the French Quarter. In this piece, I’d like to address some notable sites, restaurants, shopping, and tours. Before we get started, through, I found the French Quarter fascinating. In many ways, it was like traveling to another world. It is truly a culture…
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2022 Summer Vacation: Part Four – Omni Royal Orleans
Originally, my family vacation plan would have ended at Gulfport, Mississippi. As I presented the idea to my family, my wife suggested we go ahead and zip over to New Orleans because of its proximity–more specifically, the French Quarter. (Thank goodness she did, because Gulfport missed with us.) Because my wife felt excited about the…
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2022 Summer Vacation: Part Three – Gulfport, Mississippi
As you know from previous entries, my family and I elected to hit Gulfport, Mississippi, because it was within driving distance and I really wanted to visit a beach. I read online that the town is nice, the beach is nice, and the water is nice. Sounds perfect, right? I guess it’s all relative, though,…
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2022 Summer Vacation: Part Two – Oasis Resort
The first destination point during our summer 2022 vacation could be found in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the Oasis Resort. How did I choose the Oasis Resort, you ask? Simple. I Google “nice family beach within driving distance.” Guess what came up? I’ll talk more about Gulfport in a future entry, but all of the travel…
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2022 Summer Vacation: Part One – Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center
Really? You’re writing about a Drury hotel to kick off your 2022 summer vacation editorial series? Yes, I am. Because the place was just that good. Let me provide a little context. My family and I planned to leave Friday afternoon on July 1st in order to visit Gulfport, Mississippi before moving on to New…
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Keeping Up With Claus: A Short Story
James Huff stands amidst a throng of people in just another chain department store trying to make a decision. He’s surrounded not only by people, but also by Christmas wreaths and gaudily decorated trees. Holiday music plays over the store’s speakers, but coupled with the procession of marching footsteps as well as the din of…
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It’s a Lifestyle Thing
Before my children were born, I wrote pretty much whenever I wanted. If I needed to sit for five hours on a weeknight and crank something out, I could. If I chose to take an entire weekend, from morning to night, and do nothing else but write, nothing stopped me. I always had time to do…
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An American Pickle – A Movie Review
An American Pickle is a strange, disparate comedy, but I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. The premise is that an impoverished immigrant comes to America with his new wife, begins working in a pickle factory, and then, after falling into a vat of brine, wakes up 100 years later in modern day Brooklyn. He…
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